Fri.Jun 02, 2023

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Podcasting For Consultants: How Consultants Leverage Podcasting For Social Proof

Consulting Success

As a consultant, one of my favorite things has been discovering podcasting and using it as a way to engage with people. Using my podcast to reach out to industry leaders and connect with my target audience and clients has been extremely effective and rewarding. Prior to becoming a consultant, I worked for Fortune 500.

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LinkedIn Hacks for Management Consulting Applicants

Tom Spencer

LinkedIn is an often overlooked part of the management consulting application. A candidate might spend hours on their resume and cover letter but put little thought into their LinkedIn profile other than a profile picture and a cheesy blurb in the “about” section. LinkedIn is actually a key part of the management consulting application. Although it may be less important than a resume, it is a crucial way to sell yourself as a qualified candidate.

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5 Ways to say No

The Management Centre

I find it really hard to say no to colleagues’ requests – never mind my manager – and I feel like I’m drowning at times. Help! Ah, yes – you’re not alone. One of the biggest challenges participants talk about on our management training courses is ‘I just don’t know how to say no.’ Like many people, it sounds as though you want to be a team player and so end up saying yes to every request that comes your way – whatever your own pressing priorities.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

Last year, after 2.5 years in management consulting, I transitioned to a Fortune 50 US company in an internal strategy role. Having had about a year on the new job, I want to highlight the benefits of this transition to give the many consultants out there some perspective. Before outlining the benefits of internal strategy, I want to highlight a few things: I generally enjoyed my time as a consultant and view the firm I left with high regard.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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The AI Hype Cycle Is Distracting Companies

Harvard Business

Machine learning has an “AI” problem. With new breathtaking capabilities from generative AI released every several months — and AI hype escalating at an even higher rate — it’s high time we differentiate most of today’s practical ML projects from those research advances. This begins by correctly naming such projects: Call them “ML,” not “AI.” Including all ML initiatives under the “AI” umbrella oversells and misleads, contributing to a high failure rate for ML business deployments.

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You’re Not Powerless in the Face of Imposter Syndrome

Harvard Business

Research found that moxie — strength of will, self-discipline, and the ability to persist despite challenges — was vital to the success of professionals from underrepresented backgrounds.

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Pricey! That’s What Watching Sports on TV is Going to Become! Also, UX v. Ticketmaster!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Hey! What did y’all think of yesterday’s webinar? Let me know by replying to this email. Check out the growing Dave shop. New offers and opportunities will be coming now that I have a technical issue fixed. Also, I’m doing my first in the new series of monthly webinars on brand management for professional service firms. This is probably good for the folks that are here that sell into the industry and not directly to ticket buying customers.

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4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address

Harvard Business

In our technology-dependent society, the effectiveness of cyber risk governance of companies affects its stock prices, as well as short-term and long-term shareholder value. New SEC cybersecurity rules provide a solid basis for transparency. Unfortunately, monitoring the long-term effectiveness of a cyber risk management strategy is not easy to grasp.

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Beware of ‘Greatness’: Don’t Get Hooked by Phishing-as-a-Service

Kraft Kennedy

Bad actors are getting creative in their quest to access sensitive information. Awareness is one of best forms of defense and to that end, we’re sharing a two- minute overview of a notable newly discovered Phishing-as-a-Service (PHaaS) platform dubbed “Greatness” What is Phishing-as-a-Service (PHaaS)? Phishing-as-a-Service entails cybercriminals offering subscription based access to phishing services and a collection of advanced phishing tools.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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There May Be A “Magic Bullet,” but “There Is No “Magic Software”

Alan Weiss

Of seven people I know who invested substantially in software creation for their businesses to sell to their customers and prospects, two did so successfully and one of those successfully sold her business with that increased value. Five abandoned the projects after at least a year. For the latter group, a great deal of their time and energy were absorbed by managing the project, dealing with people overseas who did not fully understand their intent, chronically missed deadline, and flawed softw

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3 Questions to Challenge Your Current Strategic Direction

LSA Global

Is It Time to Challenge Your Current Strategic Direction? Most companies run annual corporate strategy retreats to agree upon the key strategic priorities for the next twelve to thirty six months. Getting leaders on the same strategic page makes sense. Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for up to 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations.

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Consider the WordWindow

Seth Godin Blog

Computer adventure games were possible in the 1980s because of a bit of code called a ‘parser’ You could type, “pick up the axe” and the computer would understand the phrase and follow your commands. In italics, because it didn’t understand anything, it simply broke your sentences into bits and changed the state of your inventory accordingly.